Lt. Frank Eannotti said that the man's identity was not yet being released.

Surveyors came upon the body in an area of thick brush behind the trash containers at the McDonald's restaurant, near the town's border with Bridgeport.

Investigators on Tuesday had not found evidence on the time or manner of death.

"It's too early in the investigation for that," Eannotti said.

Over the course of the afternoon, the department stationed its Major Crime Squad van in the restaurant's parking lot, the rear portion of which was cordoned off with police tape, although the business remained open.

Investigators, one carrying a camera, periodically moved from the van into the brush behind the fence at the rear of the parking lot into the area where the body had been found.